Growing opportunities in toner and inkjet packaging

About a year ago, I interviewed Simon Healy (right), chairman of Mediaware Digital (Dublin, Ireland), about his company’s early adoption of Xerox’s toner-based Gallop production line to produce short-run folding cartons in multiple languages for Microsoft software (below left). 

In my resulting article, he explains how toner packaging provides multiple solutions for the manufacturer’s needs, including small orders for new global niche markets and introducing new brands, inventory micromanagement, and agile on-demand Web-to-print applications.

https://www.box.com/shared/gvt86mmjmo

http://www.mediaware.ie/

Now Mr. Healy is scheduled to be a featured speaker at a February 28^th workshop in Mississauga, Ontario, sponsored by Xerox for PAC - The Packaging Association:        

http://www.pac.ca/index.php/ePromos/pac0353_xerox_workshop_epromo

The event provides another opportunity among many to investigate the growing multitude of technologies and opportunities in inkjet and toner packaging—which also include:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1LKQC9MRKMg
http://www.myprintresource.com/article/10875740/high-performance-packaging-on-the-upswing

http://graphics.fujifilm.co.uk/library/press-releases/b2-inkjet-digital-press-for-folding-package-printing

http://www.myprintresource.com/article/10829310/large-format-graphics-a-package-deal

http://www.printaction.com/Vendor-Wire/20121218-esko-epson.html

http://www.printaction.com/News/20120313-hpindigo10000.html

http://www.printaction.com/Vendor-Wire/20120228-drupa-fujifilm.html

Océ and manroland partnership reinforces optimistic forecast for printed newspapers

In my November cover feature for PrintAction, several of Canada’s most powerful newspaper editors confirm that print remains strong.  Both Océ and manroland must also foresee a strong future for printed newspapers, since they’ve recently collaborated to produce a new system for inkjet newspaper production.  The system combines the Océ JetStream 5500 full-colour inkjet printing system with the manroland web systems variable pin folder FoldLine VPF 211.  In 2013 two of the new systems are scheduled to go into production of newspapers and other commercial products at French printer Rivet Presse Edition, the first customer for this innovative technology. The printing company is spending $14 million to construct a building to house the systems in Limoges, France.

http://www.printweek.com/Business/article/1162424/oce-manroland-team-digital-newspaper-production/

http://global.oce.com/news/press-releases/2012/oce-and-manroland-web-systems-set-standards-for-industrial-digital-newspaper-production.aspx
http://www.newsandtech.com/dateline/article_d3aaa558-986c-11e1-ba05-0019bb2963f4.html
https://www.box.net/s/hw23k5hg1lb309jd34r8